[PATCH] fdtget-runtest.sh: Fix failures when /bin/sh isn't bash

Jon Loeliger jdl at jdl.com
Tue Mar 27 00:11:35 EST 2012


> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 02:26:53PM +1100, David Gibson wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 08:23:46PM -0600, Stephen Warren wrote:
> > > On Ubuntu, /bin/sh is dash (at least by default), and dash's echo doesn't
> > > accept the -e option. This means that fdtget-runtest.sh's EXPECT file will
> > > contain "-e foo" rather than just "foo", which causes a test failure.
> > > 
> > > To work around this, run /bin/echo instead of (builtin) echo, which has
> > > more chance of supporting the -e option.
> > > 
> > > Another possible fix is to change all the #! lines to /bin/bash rather
> > > than /bin/sh, and change run_tests.sh to invoke sub-scripts using $SHELL
> > > instead of just "sh". However, that would require bash specifically, which
> > > may not be desirable.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren at wwwdotorg.org>
> > 
> > Acked-by: David Gibson <david at gibson.dropbear.id.au>
> > 
> > Jon, please apply.
> 
> Sorry Jon, you fell off the Cc list somehow.  Do you need me to resend
> Stephen's patch to apply?

Please.  Last mail I saw on this issue was you saying "This patch isn't perfect." :-)

jdl


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